Ben Helfgott - '45 Aid Society

Helfgott was born in 1929 in Pabiance in Poland.

Helfgott was a member of a group of Holocaust survivors known as the Boys, despite the fact the group consisted of over 200 girls.

The Boys were teenage and child-Holocaust survivors, who were brought to the UK after World War II for rest and rehabilitation.

Members of the Boys were held in Nazi labour and concentration camps and used as slave labourers, survived World War II in hiding or as lone children.

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Name:

Ben Helgfott

Also known as:

Beniek

Birthplace:

Piotrków-Trybunalski, Poland

Ghetto:

Piotrków Ghetto

Lone Child:

Hidden Child:

Deportation destination:

Buchenwald

Camps:

Buchenwald
Schlieben-Berga

Death March/Train:

Schlieben-Berga to Theresienstadt

Liberation:

Theresienstadt Ghetto

Displaced Person Camp:

Terezín
Belgická Orphanage

Repatriation:

Return Home:

yes

Arrival in UK:

August 1945

Point of Arrival:

Crosby-on-Eden, UK

Hostels:

Windermere
Loughton

Settled in:

Testament:

Imperial War Museum

Main Quilt:

Quilt Square:

Gallery:

Photograph of the mother of Ben and Mala Helfgott.